Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative

--FILE--Chinese soldiers browse online news on desktop computers at a garrison of the PLA (People's Liberation Army) in Chongqing, China, 14 November 2013.Chinese leaders have made the passage of a cybersecurity law a priority for this year, despite protests from the U.S. against the country's growing restrictions on technology firms. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, said in a work report Sunday (8 March 2015) that formulating laws for cybersecurity, antiterrorism and national security were major tasks for 2015. The cybersecurity law, which official media had previously disclosed was in the works, is still being drafted. Details haven't been announced.No Use China. No Use France.

The U.S. needs multilateral initiatives to counter Chinese tech transfer

Remco Zwetsloot

Thursday, June 11, 2020

A Chinese mobile phone user uses his electronic identification card in the messaging app Weixin, or WeChat, of Tencent, on his smartphone to check in at a hotel in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 19 July 2018.WeChat, the popular mobile messaging, social media and payments platform run by Tencent Holdings, is poised to become further entrenched in everyday life in China under a new programme that adapts it as a user's electronic social security card. China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, backed by Hong Kong-listed Tencent, has started to roll out the project in 26 cities, including the southern coastal city of Shenzhen and Xi'an in the country's northwest. The WeChat-based electronic social security cards will enable users to provide their identification, status, payment records and other relevant information to official online inquiries about benefits and insurance coverage.No Use China. No Use France.

Privacy-preserving credentials for smartphones are coming

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a protective mask due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 7, 2020. Menahem Kahana/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Technosurveillance mission creep in Israel’s COVID-19 response

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

U.S. Department of Homeland Security election security workers monitor screens in the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How to improve cybersecurity for artificial intelligence

Josephine Wolff

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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Why robustness is key to deploying AI

Jacob Steinhardt and Helen Toner

Monday, June 8, 2020

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Zuckerberg’s dilemma: How to moderate Facebook amid violent unrest

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Commuters sit in front of an advertisement discouraging the dissemination of fake news, at a train station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 28, 2018. Picture taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

Podcast: Lessons from Malaysia’s anti-fake news act

Gabrielle Lim, Evelyn Douek, and Quinta Jurecic

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Hewlett-Packard ProLiant commercial data servers destined for cloud computing are assembled by workers at a company manufacturing facility in Houston November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Antitrust investigations have deep implications for AI and national security

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Posters are seen during the media preview for exhibition of wartime propaganda artistry 'Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York' at the Museum of the City of New York in New York, U.S., April 4, 2017. Picture taken April 4. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Monday, June 1, 2020

Andrew Beard (L) and Barrett Darnell compete in a contest during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Taking GPT-2 head-to-head with the New York Times

Sarah Kreps and Miles McCain

Friday, May 29, 2020